NeoStem Reports Second Data Safety Monitoring Board Review: Continue with PreSERVE AMI Phase II Trial as PlannedNeoStem, Inc. announced that it received approval to continue the PreSERVE AMI Phase II clinical trial following its second interim data and safety review by the Data Safety Monitoring Board. The PreSERVE trial of AMR-001 is a Phase II, randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind study designed to treat 160 patients and is approved by the FDA to enroll up to 180 patients. AMR-001 is being evaluated for the prevention of major adverse cardiac events following acute myocardial infarction. [NeoStem, Inc.] Press Release

Saneron and USF Patent Method for Umbilical Cord Blood Cell UseResearchers at Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc. and the University of South Florida (USF) have received a patent relating to a method for obtaining and using umbilical cord blood cells from a donor or patient to provide neural cells for transplantation aimed at repairing a variety of neurodegenerative diseases of the brain and spinal cord, such as Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease as well as brain and spinal cord injury. [Newswise, Inc.] Press Release